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THOMAS LAWRENCE DUNITHAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordThomas Lawrence Dunithan, of Elk Garden, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Elk Garden, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 1
- KEVIN JOHN DUGANFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND O EBRIGHTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JACK GENE ENIXLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- FELIX FRANK FLORESLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL SCOTT HAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 3
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 4
- ROGER LEE INBODENCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 6
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · Panel 59W, Line 7
- FRANCIS VINCENT TODARELLOCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 16
- GERALD DAVID SORRENTINOCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 18
From Elk Garden
- ROBERT OLAN MAYHEWStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.